Antony Gormley and Grayson Perry today launched the second year of Britain’s biggest outdoor art exhibition.

Twenty-five artworks, chosen in a public ballot which attracted more than 38,000 votes, will be shown on 30,000 billboards and poster sites across the country for six weeks from Monday. They will also appear on 1,000 Vue cinema screens.

Colourful: Existers by Gilbert and George
Last year the exhibition ran for a fortnight, with works shown at 20,000 sites. A study of clouds by John Constable, David Hockney’s 1977 portrait of his parents and Perry’s tapestry The Annunciation of the Virgin Deal were among those chosen from a longlist of works in public collections devised by art experts.

Striking: David Hockney’s My Parents
Works by Gilbert and George, Henry Moore, Patrick Caulfield, Hans Holbein, William Blake and pioneering photographer Julia Margaret Cameron also made the cut. Gormley has created an iPad work especially for the Art Everywhere project, which can be downloaded for free.

Pioneering: Iago, a photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron from 1867
Richard Reed, the co-founder of Innocent Drinks, is behind the project. He said he had always hoped it would become an annual event but only if they could make it bigger and better. “We were really chuffed with the reaction we got last year,” he said. “And it’s also gone international and it’s happening in America with Art Everywhere USA. It’s very exciting.

“We want it to bring little unexpected moments of surprise and joy, moments of calm and reflection. It’s all about the democratisation of art so everyone can benefit from it.”